AWS AIF-C01: Fundamentals of GenAI
The provider lists this domain at 24% of the exam.
In plain English
What generative AI can and cannot do, the building blocks behind it (tokens, embeddings, large language models), the idea of AI agents, and which AWS services provide them.
What the provider lists under it
- Basic generative AI concepts
- Foundational agentic AI concepts
- Token-based pricing and context engineering
- Capabilities and limitations of generative AI
- AWS infrastructure for generative AI applications
- Cost tradeoffs of AWS generative AI services
Terms worth knowing
- Generative AI: AI that creates new content, such as text, images, code or audio, from a prompt.
- Large language model (LLM): A very large neural network trained on huge amounts of text to predict and generate language.
- Tokens: The small chunks of text that a language model reads and writes, and that usage is measured in.
- Embeddings and vector databases: Lists of numbers that capture the meaning of text or images, stored so similar items can be found quickly.
- AI agent: An AI system that pursues a goal by deciding on steps and using tools, not only by answering one question.
- Hallucination: When an AI model states something false or invented as if it were true.
Quick answers
How much of the AWS AIF-C01 exam is Fundamentals of GenAI?
The provider lists it at 24% of the exam, according to the AWS exam guide (version 1.2).
What topics are in Fundamentals of GenAI?
Basic generative AI concepts; Foundational agentic AI concepts; Token-based pricing and context engineering; Capabilities and limitations of generative AI; AWS infrastructure for generative AI applications; Cost tradeoffs of AWS generative AI services.
The other AWS AIF-C01 domains
- Fundamentals of AI and ML (20% of the exam)
- Applications of Foundation Models (28% of the exam)
- Guidelines for Responsible AI (14% of the exam)
- Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions (14% of the exam)
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